Al-Gore sued over Current TV sale to Al-Jazeera

A Los Angeles media consultant, executive and TV producer claims that former Vice-President AL Gore and others at Current TV stole his idea to sell the struggling network to Al-Jazeera. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court by John Terenzio who conceived the idea for the distribution of an American version of Al Jazeera. 

Terenzio alleged that he approached Richard Blum, a board member of Current TV with a major stake in the company with his proposal and presented a detailed powerpoint presentation that included a strategy for making the sale of the liberal media outlet to Al Jazeera palatable to U.S. lawmakers, pro-Israel factions, cable operators and, most importantly the American public. According to Terenzio, it was mutually understood that he would be compensated if Current TV went ahead with the idea. 

The suit says that Blum was enthusiastic about the proposal but feared that Gore would find it politically unappealing. It alleges that Gore was adamant in his rejection of the proposal to sell his liberal, environmentally friendly network to the oil rich Qataris who owned Al Jazeera.

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